Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory – Historic Reproduction
![Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/15/15fe71d27482-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory
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Jas. B. Smith & Co.'s blank book manufactory in Philadelphia shows a firm that made the ledgers, journals and account books that offices and counting rooms relied on. Blank book makers ruled, cut and bound paper by hand, and later with machines, and Philadelphia was a major center of this trade in the 19th century. The record has no date, and the name Kollner on the shelflist card is unverified, so the maker of the print is uncertain. Still, it offers a useful glimpse of a workshop that quietly supplied record-keeping across the city.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kollner. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,885 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109907 |
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